A couple of general ?'s for Mike :)
Hello Mike,
So far I am just starting week #1 of the competitive season and have seen fairly astounding results and am looking forward to continuing on to the next phase of the training. As I was looking into the next 12 weeks of training, I had a couple of questions.
#1. I noticed that the aerobic run switched from tues to wed. Is there a specific reason for this? Just curious as tues is easier to accommodate on my schedule.
#2. So far I have had no trouble following the bike and run portions of the plan and have seen fantastic results. I have had major trouble following the swims though as I have no motivation for going to a pool. Now that summer is here and I can do open water swims, I have been able to build back to the right volume, but over 1/2 of my swimming is open water. I try to do similar intervals in the open water( I tied little flags at the edge of the lake every 100 yds or so :) Do you see this being more a good or bad thing doing so much open water work(pros vs cons)? I definitely am not tied to a clock in the open water, and don't have a good way to measure progress.
#3 with most of the competitive season showing s/b/r for the workout, when you have a race, should you warm up, do the race, then add in the extra miles easy after the race? For example, I have a sprint tri coming up on Sat of week two of the comp season. Should I do the race, then add in the extra bike easy later on the day?
#4 THANK YOU for putting this plan out there. It's outstanding and I've done a 1/2 mary PR and a 10K PR during training runs. I'm very excited to see how I do in a race :)
Todd
So far I am just starting week #1 of the competitive season and have seen fairly astounding results and am looking forward to continuing on to the next phase of the training. As I was looking into the next 12 weeks of training, I had a couple of questions.
#1. I noticed that the aerobic run switched from tues to wed. Is there a specific reason for this? Just curious as tues is easier to accommodate on my schedule.
#2. So far I have had no trouble following the bike and run portions of the plan and have seen fantastic results. I have had major trouble following the swims though as I have no motivation for going to a pool. Now that summer is here and I can do open water swims, I have been able to build back to the right volume, but over 1/2 of my swimming is open water. I try to do similar intervals in the open water( I tied little flags at the edge of the lake every 100 yds or so :) Do you see this being more a good or bad thing doing so much open water work(pros vs cons)? I definitely am not tied to a clock in the open water, and don't have a good way to measure progress.
#3 with most of the competitive season showing s/b/r for the workout, when you have a race, should you warm up, do the race, then add in the extra miles easy after the race? For example, I have a sprint tri coming up on Sat of week two of the comp season. Should I do the race, then add in the extra bike easy later on the day?
#4 THANK YOU for putting this plan out there. It's outstanding and I've done a 1/2 mary PR and a 10K PR during training runs. I'm very excited to see how I do in a race :)
Todd
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Permalink Reply by Mike Llerandi on -
Hi Todd - some quick answers:
1) While there's some rhyme & reason to the flow of each week in the program, it's always ok to make adjustments based on schedules or what works best for you. No worries there.
2) The most relevant "pro" is that you like to swim in open water, so go do that and keep your motivation high! ;-) The "con" is what you point out: lack of consistency in terms of conditions, making it harder to measure progress. I'd also add that weather can become a limiter, but that's easy enough to overcome, usually.
3) That would depend on how you feel after the race -- generally I'd like to see you add on the bike miles afterward, as it also helps recovery. Would I add a 2-hour run after a sprint? No me, personally, but that's the kind of detail that you should control as "your own best coach", IMO.
4) Sounds great -- keep up the good work, stay consistent, and have fun with it!
-Mike
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